- 把(戏等)演完；把…表演到底；把(比赛)进行到底：
The game was played out althongh the light was bad.
虽然光线不佳，比赛还是坚持到底。
- 结束，完结：
The long struggle between the strikers and thier employers is ont yet played out.
罢工者与雇主之间的这场长期斗争尚未结束。
- 使(变得)精疲力竭；耗尽；用光：
I'm always played out by the time I finish work on Fridays.
到了星期五干完工作的时候，我总是精疲力竭。
- 无用，过时：
The old type of family party is played out, young people demand something more exciting nowadays.
老一套的家庭聚会已经过时了，而当今年轻人需要更刺激的东西。
- 退绕或放开(线等)；放出，放松(绳索等)：
He played out the rope.
他把绳子放松了。
- 奏乐送行，奏乐送…退场：
The pianist played the happy pair out with the wedding March.
钢琴师弹奏结婚进行曲送走这幸福的一对。
- 在户外玩耍：
Our children like to play out after school.
我们的孩子喜欢放学后在户外玩耍。
- 减少；逐渐减弱(消失)：
When their initial lure had played out, the pioneers of the West found other attractions to induce them to stay on.
这些西部拓荒者的最初的诱惑力逐渐消失之后，他们又转而寻找别的兴趣诱使他们继续留下。